-- MEDIA ADVISORY --

SCDPS FAMILIES OF HIGHWAY FATALITIES HOLDS SECOND ANNUAL COLUMBIA BLOOD DRIVE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 30, 2008

CONTACT: Sgt. R.K. Hughes, 803-896-7920

COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following upcoming event:

Who:          SC Department of Public Safety Families of Highway Fatalities, American Red Cross

http://www.schp.org/inmemoryof/VFMBDCola2008.pdf

What:         Second annual Families of Highway Fatalities blood drive (held to remember the 1,000 killed each year on our highways)

** This year’s blood drive will be held in memory of Standra Jones, an SCDOT worker killed in December 2007, on I-26 in Lexington County.

Read more about Mr. Jones:

http://www.schp.org/inmemoryof/Profile.aspx?Id=649

When:        Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.        

Where:        Fuddruckers, 1801 Bush River Road, Columbia

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety includes the Highway Patrol, Office of Highway Safety, State Transport Police, Bureau of Protective Services and Office of Justice Programs. Our mission is to ensure public safety by protecting and serving the people of South Carolina and its visitors.